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Abraham Bennet

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British physicist

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Abraham Bennet FRS was an English clergyman and physicist, the inventor of the gold-leaf electroscope and developer of an improved magnetometer. Alessandro Volta cited Bennet as a key influence on his work, although Bennet's own work was curtailed by the political turbulence of his time.

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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1749 to 1799 · aged 49
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